Lady Jets News

Shown above are a group of the Caterpillar Stowers students that earned an Associate of Applied Science Spring Semester in the Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Program. Many of the students were Presidential and Honor graduates.      South Georgia Technical College was featured recently in The Chronicle of Higher Education for two-year colleges with the best three-year graduation rates. SGTC was ranked as the 18th best nationally, announced South Georgia Technical...

Jacqueline Horsley joins South Georgia Technical College at Accounting Technician on the Americus campus.   Jacqueline Horsley of Preston, GA, has been hired as an Accounting Technician for the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus, announced SGTC President John Watford recently.  She will report to Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe.    Horsley worked for Cooper Lighting Solutions in Preston, Ga as a Senior Assistant in Finance Accounting.  She worked for Cooper...

South Georgia Technical College will host TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) testing for prospective nursing students Thursday, September 15, at 9:00 a.m. in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. The TEAS test is a standardized, multiple choice entrance exam for students interested in applying for the SGTC Practical Nursing program for spring semester. Classes begin January 11. To register for the test, contact SGTC Director of Admissions Candie...

South Georgia Technical College Drafting student Zak Mahamood donates blood at a recent blood drive. SGTC will host another Red Cross blood drive on September 13.The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, September 13 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the...

South Georgia Technical College faculty and students are shown above at one of the “Meet the Dean” receptions held recently.    South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean Dr. David Finley hosted over 200 students at a “Meet Your Dean” reception in the Morgan Diesel and Automotive Complex on the Americus campus recently.    The SGTC Culinary Arts department provided refreshments for both the morning and afternoon receptions.  Dr. Finley introduced himself to new and returning...

Andre Robinson joins SGTC as full-time barbering instructor.   Andre Robinson of Americus has been hired as the full-time Barbering instructor at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Robinson has been an adjunct Barbering instructor for SGTC since August of 2019.  He will report to Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Robinson, who has over 30 years of professional barbering experience, owed Uptown Cuts Barbershop in Vienna, Georgia,...

SGTC LPN graduates recite the Nurses’ Pledge after the traditional lighting of the candles during the recent pinning ceremony.Fifteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates at the SGTC Crisp County Center campus participated in a special pinning ceremony held recently in the auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus. The graduates included: Todd Barnette of Cordele; Kania S. Byron of Cordele; Sharletha C. Daniels of Eastman; Candis Samone Davis of Unadilla; Demetria...

SGTC Commercial Truck Driving Lead Instructor Robert Cook is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Client First Insurance Solutions scholarship recipient Sanchez Graham, Jr., along with Client First Insurance Solutions Jody Wade, SGTC CDL instructor Ken Coptsias and SGTC President Dr. John Watford.    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation presented Commercial Truck Driving student, Sanchez Graham, Jr. of Macon, with a $500 Client First Insurance Solutions scholarship recently.  Jody Wade...

In-person registration for the SGTC Fall Semester will be held August 17th, 2022 in Americus and Crisp County and students will be receiving FREE “Going the Extra Mile” t-shirts while supplies last.    South Georgia Technical College will be hosting face-to-face Fall Semester Registration on Wednesday, August 17th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses.   The Americus orientation and registration will start in the John M. Pope Center at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 and 5 p.m. and the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left to right) is shown above with Mike Cochran Scholarship recipient Lawrence Starling and SGTC Aircraft Structural Technology Instructor Jason Wisham.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford presented Lawrence Starling, Jr., of Taylor County with the SGTC Foundation’s Mike Cochran endowed Scholarship recently.  Starling, an aircraft structural technology student, was recognized for his outstanding...

Veronda L. Cladd joins SGTC as CIS Instructor on the Americus campus.     Veronda L. Cladd of Americus was hired as the new full-time Computer Information Systems and Networking Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie...

SGTC LPN instructors Jennifer Childs (left) and Christine Rundle (right) are pictured with nine recent graduates of the South Georgia Technical College LPN program who received their nursing pins in a ceremony on the SGTC campus in Americus.Nine graduates of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends,...